Mark Your Calendar for Our 2025 Annual Meeting & Partner Retreat!
Our Partners are headed back to Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield, Virginia for our 2025 Annual Meeting & Partner Retreat on October 7th-8th!
Join us as we:
- Celebrate our Network & Engage with Partners
- Dive Deeper into our Issues
- Utilize the Outdoors
- Strengthen Relationships with VIPs
- Develop Our Professional Skillsets
- Center Diversity & Inclusivity
This will be the biggest gathering yet of environmental professionals enjoying the outdoors we work so hard to protect – over 170 Network Partners will join us for an unforgettable retreat. Connect with others, gain essential skills to drive impactful change in your communities, and be a part of Virginia’s strongest conservation movement.
Don’t know what to expect? Check out our highlights from last year’s Annual Meeting & Partner Retreat.
Sneak Peek at our Sessions
We’re offering a variety of sessions to help you make new connections in Virginia’s strongest conservation movement, strengthen existing relationships, and equip yourself with essential skills to drive impactful change in your communities. At the same time, you’ll enjoy the outdoors we work year-round to protect with quintessential camp experiences like hikes, camp games, and stories by the fire.
Some session highlights include:
- Conservation Awards Ceremony & Happy Hour
- Climate Impact Survival Guide: Outsmarting Disasters (Panel)
- VCN 101: New Partner Welcome (Networking)
- Capture the Flag: Workgroup vs. Workgroup (Game)
- How to Navigate a Shifting Media Landscape (Panel)
- Trivia Night (Game)
- Confidence on the Water: Paddling Safety Essentials (Field Trip)
- …and so much more!
Thank you to our Partner organizations for creating and leading exciting programming!
